Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)

DHQP's Mission Statement

Released: October 25, 2002

We protect patients and healthcare personnel, and promote safety, quality, and value in the healthcare delivery system by providing national leadership for:

  1. measuring, validating, interpreting, and responding to data relevant to healthcare outcomes, healthcare-associated infections/antimicrobial resistance, related adverse events, and medical errors among patients and healthcare personnel;
     
  2. investigating and responding to outbreaks and emerging infections and related adverse events among patients, healthcare providers, or associated with the healthcare environment;
     
  3. detecting, evaluating, monitoring, and responding to emerging antimicrobial resistant pathogens and infections;
     
  4. creating and evaluating the efficacy of new interventions designed to prevent infections/antimicrobial resistance, related adverse events, and medical errors;
     
  5. promoting clinical microbiology laboratory quality;
     
  6. promoting water quality in healthcare settings;
     
  7. identifying effective interventions that prevent healthcare-associated infections/antimicrobial resistance, related adverse events, and medical errors among patients and healthcare personnel;
     
  8. promoting the nationwide implementation of these interventions; and
     
  9. evaluating the impact of their implementation across the spectrum of healthcare delivery sites.
     

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Date last modified: October 25, 2002
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Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases